Taming the Star Runner in Ask S.E. Hinton

Mar 08, 2012 Kya Aliana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book was different from the rest of Hinton's books, though just as enjoyable. You can see her writing evolve more here more than any of her other books. She explores a different kind of depth to the main character and his uncle. It was rather refreshing to read. I expected it to be a lot like one of her other novels, TEX, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it not repetitive at all.
S.E. Hinton was my very first favorite author. She was the first person to make go "What else did she write ...more

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Jun 12, 2021 Seema M. Fazil rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own-it, ya

My fourth book by one of my all-time favourite authors, S.E. Hinton.
As I started reading it, I liked the main character Travis right away. What I especially liked was the fact he wasn't stereotyped; despite him being the "epitome" of cool, he had the personality of loving to read and write and I kind of related to him a bit. While I enjoyed getting to know Travis, I admit Taming The Star Runner wasn't my best Hinton book, unfortunately. Usually, whenever I pick up an S.E. Hinton book, I'm used ...more

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Dec 04, 2013 Kate Lattey rated it it was amazing

"His boot felt empty without his knife in it." How's that for an opening line?

I really love this book. I always enjoy Hinton's characters, but I also ride horses myself (and teach, and write about them) and it was obvious to me very quickly that Hinton knows horses, and what it's like to work with them. There is no glamour here, just the hard yards of life behind the scenes at a working barn.

I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read, it is (in my opinion) a vastly underrat ...more

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